In the context of this particular culture, why is it that the female divinities create the earth and plant life, while the male divinities create animal life? To what extent do these symbolic representations still exist today, if at all?
Why is there an Evil Twin as well as a Good Twin? Why are Good and Evil twins?
What is significant about the fact that Good Twin kills Evil Twin? Remember the Enuma elish - why kill the Evil twin, why not just let him go? What does this reveal about how the Iroquois viewed life and the afterlife?
Pourquoi (pour-kwah) myths are stories that explain how or why something came to be, usually in nature. Identify as many of the pourquoi elements as you can find in this myth and what it is they help to explain.
Good Twin engages in an act of trickery when he agrees to the race with his brother. How does he trick his brother? Do you think this takes away from his "good" qualities? Explain why or why not.
In the second chapter of her book, Armstrong discusses people's relationship with their sky gods. What connections can you find in this myth with her analysis?
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